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Definition of Branchiae
1. branchia [n] - See also: branchia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Branchiae
Literary usage of Branchiae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports on the Progress of Zoology and Botany, 1841, 1842 by Ray Society, Heinrich Friedrich Link (1845)
"E. aurantia; buff-coloured; ten or eleven rows of branchiae. E. olivacea; pale
yellow, ... E, nana; yellowish ; branchiae in seven or eight rows. ..."
2. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1895)
"only in the Amphineura, while one or rarely two (never more) pairs of branchiae,
occur, with various important modifications, in the vast majority of the ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"... whose branchiae are free, like those of ordinary fishes, and those in which
they are fixed, that is to say, attached to the skin by their external edge ..."
4. Anatomy of the Invertebrata by Carl Th. Ernst Siebold (1874)
"Many Macrura, which have numerous branchiae, are those exclusively which have one
... By these means, these animals are undoubtedly in 18 The branchiae are ..."
5. Report Upon the Invertebrate Animals of Vineyard Sound and Adjacent Waters by Addison Emery Verrill, Sidney Irving Smith (1874)
"The worm, when undisturbed, puts out a beautiful wreath of branchiae ...
The branchiae are always beautifully colored, though the colors are quite variable. ..."
6. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia: With Figures of All the Species by Charles Darwin (1854)
"... a pair of branchiae is always present: they lie on each side, in a somewhat
curved position, in the angle between the sides of the shell and the basis. ..."
7. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1841)
"THE ANNALS AND MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. No. 45. JULY 1841. XXXVIII.— On the
Existence of branchiae in the ..."
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